of Virginia. It was formerly named the Thomas Jefferson District, after the author of the United States Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States. The Southwest District comprises 94 congregations in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, along with parts of Tennessee and Missouri. A congregation in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, also falls under its jurisdiction. MidAmerica Region The Central Midwest District comprises Illinois, northwest Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. It presides over 80 congregations. The Heartland District comprises Michigan, most of Indiana, Kentucky, and a small part of Ohio; it presides over 54 member congregations. The Prairie Star District comprises 70 congregations in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, northwestern Missouri, eastern Nebraska, North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, and western Wisconsin. Pacific Western Region The Pacific Central District comprises 38 congregations in Northern California, Hawaii, and Northern Nevada. The Pacific Northwest District comprises 59 member congregations in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The Pacific Southwest District comprises 55 congregations in Arizona, Southern California, and southern Nevada. The Mountain Desert District comprises 50 congregations in Colorado, eastern Idaho, Montana, western Nebraska, New Mexico, western Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. New England Region The Ballou Channing District comprises Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Named after Universalist clergyman Hosea Ballou and Unitarian clergyman William Ellery Channing, it presides over 45 congregations. The Clara Barton District comprises the Connecticut Valley and Central Massachusetts. It is named after Clara Barton, a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian, remembered for organizing the American Red Cross; it currently presides over 64 member and one emerging congregations. The Massachusetts Bay District comprises 55 congregations in the Greater Boston area. The Northern New England District comprises 73 congregations in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. See also References UUA District Services Unitarian Universalist organizations